Aaron found himself once again floating in an unending darkness.
Aaron, “Ah this is starting to get old.”
He began to look around as the area around him began to light up reveling the garden courtyard of Enae’s Domain. As he looked around he noticed a few things were different then the last time he was there. He was standing next to a terraced walkway leading to some doors under and overhanging balcony. Aaron continued to turn around noticing more doors and parts of a keep. Soon as he turned halfway tuned around he finally found Enae standing by her flowers near a balcony that extended over a cliff face looking out at a beautiful scene of a valley.
He began to walk towards her and called out, “Enae do you know what’s going on here?”
She did not answer him or even notice as he stopped to stand at her side. Aaron lowered his arm to rest his hand on her shoulder but it just passed through her like he was not even there.
“Enae?!”
Aaron soon heard a sound behind him so he turned around to find the magic circle on the ground glowing as a person began to materialize. Soon the circle stopped glowing reveling Kraet in her armor.
Enae picked one of her flowers sniffing it as she began to stand up and turn to face Kraet who was walking towards her now. She stopped as Enae turned to face her.
Enae, “so did you find what he warned us of?”
Kraet, “It looks like he was speaking the truth about the dark lord preparing for something though I do not believe he would likely target us.”
Enae stared into her flower while thinking about what she had just said.
“Looks like my new hand was telling the truth and of things that no mortal should know about.”
Kraet laughed, “So you are taking him at his word.”
Enae looked back to Kraet, “and why shouldn’t I? He has it in his possession after all.”
Kraet, “Or it could be an imitation.”
Enae, “do you really think I can not tell the difference between my own creations and an imitation?!”
Kraet, “forgive me Enae Its just so hard to believe what he has said.”
Enae, “He does spin a frightening and sad tale bat be that as it may we should begin to prepare for the worst case with all haste as soon as possible.”
Kraet, “If we are to stop the dark lord the six of us should be enough. With my demons and the rest of our forces the great lord will be easy pray.”
Enae sighed and walked over to the balconies railing, “no if what he said is the truth we will need much more than the six of us and our realms. We will need the aid of the other gods.”
Kraet, “as if that is possible in the current situation. We are barely keeping the order between the gods as it is now. With all the brewing tensions and secrets I would not be surprised if another great war should fall upon Tellus and even the other realms.”
Enae gave a sigh, “he has also brought a prophecy of this coming war and that if the Dark lord is not stopped we shall see far worse then a struggle between the gods.”
Kraet, “then we must quickly convene with the others if we are to begin gathering support.”
Enae stood straight and turned towards the magic circle, “we shall call the other four before be convene with the other…”
Enae stood there for a moment staring off into the distance as if listening for something.
Kraet, “Enae what is… Oh it seems like we are to late to make the first move.”
Enae, “We may still have a chance but we must hurry.”
They began to head for the circle as it began to glow reveling Kris. Causing the two to pause.
Kraet, “why are you here Kris you should be keeping an eye on him.”
Kris, “I’m sorry I was distracted for a moment by the urgent calls about the Dark Lords forces then… he was just gone but I believe he should still be around somewhere.”
Enae, “just great we have a unknown chosen running about and the dark lords forces pushing into our realms. We don’t have much time we need to gather the others.”
The three of them quickly walked onto the magic circle as the scene vanished from Aaron’s sight.
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Aaron woke a moment later to find himself lying on the ground rapped up in a blanket with his body back to his old self. As he tried to get up sharp flares of the games numbing pain shot through him.
Kraet, “Don’t get up just yet your wounds have only been bandaged.”
Aaron was pushed back down and noticed that his head was resting on Kraet’s lap. His face blushed a deep red as he froze with embarrassment.
[Enae, “Get your head off her right now!”]
[Laee, “what whose got their hands on Aaron this time!”]
[Kris, “It better not be Kraet! If I find out it is, you are not going to like it the next time I see you.”]
Aaron began to get up again, “I can heal myself if you don’t mind.”
Kraet seemed to pout, “If that’s what you want.”
Aaron quickly stood up and used holly hand on himself holding it there seeing his health bar rise out of the orange and back up to green along with a pop up about his injury having healed. As his bar was nearly filled and his mana nearly depleted he stopped.
As he look around again Kraet was looking nervously off to the side where some of her companions were standing. Their hands were on their swords or spears one even had a crossbow almost at the ready.
[Aaron, “that probably was not a good idea to use holly magic near demon’s.”]
[Enae, “you should be fine with Kraet there but you are right about the demons now being weary of you. “]
[Aaron, “I hope your right.”]
Kraet, “As chosen and the next in line for being demon lord I have this Aaron under my protection as my guest.”
A demon stepped forward with one of his horns ending in a stump along with a long scar going across his forehead.
Spaazara, “This is against…”
Kraet, “Spaazara I know that you are here to keep an eye on me for father but do you really want to get on the wrong side of two Chosen?!”
Spaazara, “I will not stop you but it is against custom to bring in an outsider with the Demon Lords permission.”
Kraet, “I understand but it is important that no harm comes to Aaron.”
Spaazara, “As you wish chosen.”
Kraet turned back to Aaron while the other demons began to get in some kind of formation around them.
Kraet, “so have you found any of the other chosen Aaron?”
Aaron, “Yes, I’ve found Laee, and Kris.”
Kraet, “If you’ve found them then where are they currently?”
Aaron, “Well I was stupid and jumped through Mot’s portal… and well they are still in the deathly Isles.”
Kraet, “Well its lucky we ran into each other then. But I wonder why mot is attacking the surface right now.”
Aaron, “That’s going to be a long story.”
Kraet, “We currently have plenty of time while we are on our way to the nearby fortress.”
Aaron, “near by fortress?! Um Kraet I know this is the Netherworld but where exactly am I?”
Kraet laughed, “Well you are currently in my Clans territory west of our capital. Oh and for a general idea of where we would be on a map I would say we are under the deathly Isles though we are a separate realm from Tellus.”
Aaron, “so your clan owns a whole section of territory the size of the Deathly Isles?”
Kraet, “almost we have lost some territory in recent years and with the current attacks from Mots forces. Well in a way it would be a bit hard to tell the true size of our territory compared to the deathly isles. The Underworld has many levels let alone the main surface level that we are currently at and since there are no oceans in the netherworld it would still be hard to compare it to Tellus.”
Aaron, “so you still control a vast territory down here?”
Kraet shook her head, “No we are one of the smaller clans here in the netherworld.”
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Aaron, “Sounds complicated.”
Kraet, “it is… well could you answer my question from earlier?”
Aaron, “Well for me it started with the tournament in Heavens training grounds…”
Aaron continued to explain what happened to him so far while he pulled up his stats window to see how completing that last battle had affected it along with a few other windows popping up with it.
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
Blade Proficiency leveled up!
Amidesxstis/Dual Wielding leveled up!
Status Window
Name| Aaron Primary Class| Enea's Chosen
Sub Class| Pirate Chief
Gender| Neutral Height| 6'4"
Health| 2400 Mana| 3000
Level |100 Race| Unknown
Health Regen/sec| 25 Mana Regen/sec| 25
Strength| 58 Agility| 58
Wisdom| 46 Intelligence| 44
Stamina| 50 Vitality| 30
Dexterity| 43 Luck| 3
Faith| 2300
Fame| 1400
Skills
Precise shot-Basic Level 8, Blade Proficiency-Intermediate level 2, Bow Proficiency-intermediate level 1, Knife Proficiency-Basic level 8, Amidesxstis/Dual Wielding-Intermediate level 4, Repair-Basic level 9, Handicraft-Basic Level 7,Blacksmith-Basic level 6, Carpenter-Basic Level 2, Stealth-Basic level 6,Traps-Basic Level 4, Digging-Basic Level 2, Construction-Basic Level 2, First Aid- Basic level 4, Identify- Basic Level 7, Cooking- basic Level 4, Shout- Basic Level 2, Leadership - Basic Level 4,
Weapon Forms
Faint Basic level 6, Slash intermediate level 4, Stab, Whirlwind basic level 8, Twin Blade Intermediate level 2, Enea's Form intermediate level 1, Shadow Step basic level 7, Demonic Slash basic level 2,
Spells
Demonic Aura basic level 3, Holly Aura basic level 5, Fireball Basic level 2, Fire Blade basic level 6, Fire Wall Basic level 1,Holly Hand basic level 2,
Language
Common, Ancient
Equipment
Head Enea's Helmet: Durability 20/20 +6
Neck Reinforced Scarf: Durability 20/20, Defense +8
Armor/Torso Enea's armor: durability 34/40, Defense +16
Arms Enea's Gantlets: Durability 28/30, Defense +8
Pants/Legs Enea's armor: durability 37/40, Defense +16
Feet Enea's Boots: Durability 20/20, Defense +10
Enea's Armor
Durability| 139/150 total Defense| 64
Armor| Heavy Class| Ultimate Rare
Abilities
Enea was once the peace keeper of the gods along with five other goddesses to keep the balance between the forces of the dark and light. Enea's armor was created from Mitheral and a rare forgotten metal of the gods along with part of Enea's flesh. This Armor was first worn by Enea and has now been passed down to her chosen. This armor Levels and evolves with the wearer.
Evolution| Stage 5 Level| 90
Evolutions Affects
Hawk- Do to players use of precision and speed Armor has morphed to accommodate adding +2 speed, Blacksmiths hands-Armor can now combine with certain items, Flame-Due to the heavy use of fire magic by the player fire runes have been added to armor raising fire attacks and allowing user to automatically cast Fire blade and fireball without an incantation, Pirate - due to players time at sea and pirate sub class the armor now has belt pouches and a number of areas to hide concealed weapons, Holly - Armor now has a higher defense against demonic attacks and gives off a soft glow
Navy Stat's
Ships 237 City Ports 3
Clan's Island Level 2 Town and village ports 16
Dry Docks 4
Pirate Clan Island
Port 6 Technology 4
Dry Dock 8 Defenses 12
Treasury (gold) 78,000 Fort 16
Crews 250 Mines 2
Region Stat's
Culture 50 Research 26
Military 60 Faith 65
Transportation 80 Mines 43
Technology 39 Sanitation 73%
Aaron had just finished placing his stats when Kraet stopped. He did not notice until he was a few steps in front of her. He quickly turned to face her.
Aaron, “is there something wrong Kraet?”
Kraet, “Did you just say that the Dark lord is commanding Mot, a Black High dragon, and…”
Aaron, “Yes that’s what I said, is there something wrong?”
Kraet, “My father needs to know about this, what else can you tell me?”
Right as Aaron was about to answer a black cloud of smoke formed in front of the group before forming into another demon. The guards and tensed up going for their weapons until the demon was fully visible before returning to their original stances.
Kraet, “what word do you bring messenger?!”
Messenger, “The fortress is under attack chosen, they are calling for aid.”
Kraet, “we’ll be there shortly, quickly find the other patrols and call them back to the fortress.”
The messenger quickly bowed then vanished in a cloud of smoke.
[Enae, “looks like this is going to be one long day.”]
[Aaron, “Ah and here I though I was going to be able to rest and have nice meal.”]